New Rule Proposal:Remove this section:
Open only to anglers who permanently use a wheelchair, from posted sign at fence (about 40' downstream from rearing pond outlet to posted sign sign above rearin pond outlet.
Change open Fishery Dates to: June 1 through April 14.
Add: Up to 2 over 20" hatchery steelhead may be retained.

Why the change is needed:This former ADA Access area no longer no longer meets ADA standards. A new ADA Access has been constructed nearby on the Cowlitz River to take the place of the Blue Cr. access.
Open fishery dates have been changed to provide additional opportunity to harvest straying hatchery steelhead thereby keeping them from off the spawning ground and negatively impacting wild winter stelhead in the lower Cowlitz River.
Retention of only hatchery steelhead is clarified.

County or Location InformationCowlitz County, Blue Creek tributary to Cowlitz River

Short DescriptionOpen the fishery to all anglers and remove requirement that only anglers who permanently use a wheelchair may fish for the following section: from the posted sign at fence (about 40 feet downstream from rearing pond outlet) to the posted sign above the rearing pond outlet.

ExplanationThis area no longer meets the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards. A new ADA Access has been constructed nearby on the Cowlitz River to take its place. Open fishery dates have been changed to provide additional opportunity to harvest straying hatchery steelhead, thereby keeping them off the spawning ground and negatively impacting wild winter steelhead in the lower Cowlitz River. Retention of only hatchery steelhead is clarified.